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Dorothy Wright Nelson
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Senior status since January 1, 1995.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter
- Nominated
- September 28, 1979
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- December 12, 1979
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), December 18, 1979
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- December 19, 1979
- Commissioned
- December 20, 1979
- Senior status
- Since January 1, 1995
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1928, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Research associate fellow, University of Southern California Law School, 1953-1956
- Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1954-1957
- Faculty, University of Southern California Law School, 1957-1980; instructor, 1957-1958; assistant professor, 1958-1961; associate professor, 1961-1967; associate dean, 1965-1967; interim dean, 1967-1969; professor, 1967-1980; dean, 1969-1980
- Adjunct professor of law, University of Southern California Law School, 1980-
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